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<span class=large>THE PROVERBS</span>
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CHAPTER 25
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Boast not of false gifts—Give food and drink to thine enemy.
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These</span> <i>are</i> also <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 4: 32; Prov. 1: 1; Prov. 10: 1.">proverbs</a> of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
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<i>It is</i> the glory of God to <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 11: 33; D&C 5: 3.">conceal</a> a thing: but the honour of kings <i>is</i> to search out a matter.
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The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings <i>is</i> unsearchable.
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Take away the <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/4a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB waste, impurities.">dross</a> from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 20: 8.">Take</a> away the wicked <i>from</i> before the <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/25/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 29: 21 (21-24).">king</a>, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great <i>men:</i>
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For better <i>it is</i> that it be said unto thee, <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 14: 10 (7-14).">Come</a> up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
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Go not forth hastily to <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 3: 30; Prov. 17: 14.">strive</a>, lest <i>thou know not</i> what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
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Debate thy cause with thy neighbour <i>himself;</i> and <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR do not reveal.">discover</a> not a secret to another:
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Lest he that heareth <i>it</i> put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
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A <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 15: 23; Isa. 50: 4.">word</a> fitly spoken <i>is like</i> apples of gold in pictures of silver.
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<i>As</i> an earring of gold, and an <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 1: 9.">ornament</a> of fine gold, <i>so is</i> a wise <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/25/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Chastening.">reprover</a> upon an obedient ear.
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As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, <i>so is </i>a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
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Whoso <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Boasting.">boasteth</a> himself of a false gift <i>is like</i> clouds and wind without rain.
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By long <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Forbearance.">forbearing</a> is a prince <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/25/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 121: 41 (41-44).">persuaded</a>, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
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Hast thou found <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 24: 13.">honey</a>?  eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
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Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house; lest he be weary of thee, and <i>so</i> hate thee.
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A man that <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Gossip.">beareth</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/25/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 19: 18; Mosiah 13: 23.">false</a> witness against his neighbour <i>is</i> a <sup>c</sup><a href="prov/25/18c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB scatterer; i.e. some sort of war club.">maul</a>, and a <sup>d</sup><a href="prov/25/18d" mark="d" type="A" title="Ps. 57: 4.">sword</a>, and a sharp arrow.
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Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble <i>is like </i>a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
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<i>As</i> he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, <i>and as</i> vinegar upon nitre, so <i>is</i> he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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If thine <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/21a" mark="a" type="C" title="3 Ne. 12: 44 (43-45); TG Enemies.">enemy</a> be <sup>b</sup><a href="prov/25/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Chr. 28: 15.">hungry</a>, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
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For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reward.">reward</a> thee.
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The north wind driveth away rain: so <i>doth</i> an angry countenance a <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Backbiting.">backbiting</a> tongue.
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<i>It is</i> better to <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 21: 9, 19.">dwell</a> in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
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<i>As</i> cold waters to a thirsty soul, so <i>is </i>good news from a far country.
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A righteous man falling down before the wicked <i>is as</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/26a" mark="a" type="Q" title="HEB a trampled spring; i e. ruined by wading into it; Ezek. 34: 18.">a</a> troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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<i>It is</i> not good to eat much honey: so <i>for men</i> to search their own <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Glory.">glory</a> <i>is not</i> glory.
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He that <i>hath</i> no <sup>a</sup><a href="prov/25/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Self-mastery.">rule</a> over his own spirit <i>is like</i> a city <i>that is</i> broken down, <i>and</i> without walls.
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